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Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use, European Union (EU)

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Year of Version 2012 Dates Adopted: November 6, 2001 Type of Text IP-related Laws Subject Matter Patents (Inventions), Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) English Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use PDF HTML French Directive 2001/83/CE du Parlement Européen et du Conseil du 6 novembre 2001 instituant un code communautaire relatif aux médicaments à usage humain PDF HTML Spanish Directiva 2001/83/CE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo de 6 de noviembre de 2001 por la que se establece un Código Comunitario sobre Medicamentos para Uso Humano PDF HTML
Legislation Is amended by (4 text(s)) Is amended by (4 text(s))
Directive No. 2011/62/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 amending Directive No. 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use, as regards the prevention of the entry into the legal supply chain of falsified medicinal products (EU282)
Regulation (EC) No. 1901/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on medicinal products for paediatric use and amending Regulation (EEC) No. 1768/92, Directive No. 2001/20/EC, Directive No. 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No. 726/2004 (EU090)
Directive 2004/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 amending, as regards traditional herbal medicinal products, Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community Code relating to medicinal products for human use (EU061)
Directive No. 2004/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 of 31 March 2004 amending Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (EU175)
Is implemented by (14 text(s)) Is implemented by (14 text(s))
Act No. 9 of December 15, 1967, on Patents  (NO191)
National Patent Act 1995 (Kingdom Act of December 15, 1994, Containing Rules Regarding Patents, status as of June 1, 2023)  (NL111)
Patents Act (1967:837) (as amended up to Order (2023:216)) (SE235)
Code of Economic Law (updated on April 21, 2022)  (BE214)
Law on Patents 1970 (as amended up to Federal Law published in the Federal Law Gazette I No. 61/2022 (BGBI.I No. 61/2022)) (AT172)
Law on Patents and Utility Models Registration (SG No. 27/1993, as amended up to December 23, 2022)  (BG128)
Act No. 378/2007 Coll. of 6 December 2007 on Pharmaceuticals and on Amendments to Some Related Acts (the Act on Pharmaceuticals) (as amended up to Act No. 262/2019 Coll.) (CZ114)
Trademarks Act (2010:1877) (as amended up to Act (2020:545))  (SE221)
The Consolidate Patents Act (Consolidate Act No. 90 of January 29, 2019) (DK212)
Law on Patents 1970 (as amended up to Federal Law published in the Federal Law Gazette I No. 37/2018 (BGBI.I No. 37/2018)) (AT146)
The Consolidate Act on Medicines (Consolidate Act No. 506 of April 20, 2013) (DK242)
The Consolidate Medicines Act (Consolidate Act No. 99 of January 16, 2018) (DK243)
Regulation No. 536/2014 of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive No. 2001/20/EC (EU222)
Medical Products Act (HR096)

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